Here she is… our sleek, sharp set of wheels in her glistening beauty! Currently without a name, suggestions are welcomed- i was thinking something feminine and dainty would be fitting.

Every morning when Sosi wakes up she makes her daddy take her outside so she can grab a banana off the banana bunch that Alexis hung in the yard. I think i gave birth to a monkey…she is up to at least 2 bananas a day.

Maritza (our housekeeper) and her husband Alexis (our guard and gardener) are just the sweetest couple. They both love Sophie so much and are just such great people. We will def. miss them when we move from this house. I wish they could come with us. Alexis is constantly bringing Sophie little gifts and odd things he finds in nature, and Maritza can def. throw down in the kitchen! Sophie will lean in for both of them to hold her and it is just so cute to watch. We are getting better with our Spanish so communicating is getting easier by the day. Below are some things that Alexis brought for Sophie today and some dishes Maritza cooked/prepared for us. I will have to get a pic of her breakfast she makes in the morning. She even warms up the milk for my coffee…love…wondering why i never thought to do that! Alexis will go into the trails and chop off flowers for Sophie. His presents aren’t Target or Babies r Us style but Sophie just loves them…lol.

Fresh Pico de Gallo with limes from the lime tree!

Fresh veggie soup - Sophie inhaled this!

Homemade Papaya Frostie

An old wasp nest (vacant obviously) that Alexis found for Sophie

Another close up of the wasp nest...boys boys.

A trinket made by Indians that Alexis brought over as a gift for Sophie

Today we all went to breakfast at Villa Blanca. It was a dreary day weather wise but we ended up having a lot of fun. Villa Blanca is a beautiful resort close to us that we will def. be visiting weekly while here in San Ramon. The breakfast was awesome and we met the manager who offered us the private movie theater whenever we want to come watch a movie and told us we are always welcome to just come use the facilities. The movie theater is part of the resort and we can just call and schedule a movie to watch after our meal and take Soph to her own private movie! After breakfast today we went to the “game room” and Soph played around with some Jenga blocks and sat on the pool table putting the balls in the pockets. Once she was worn out we got back in the car and she was asleep before we even turned off the road from Villa Blanca. Unfortunately she missed out on the herd of cows blocking the road to leave b/c she would have loved to show off her new trick when we saw them. She just learned “Moooo”. We say, Sophie what does the cow say, and then the lil nugget says “Moo”. We’re working on “tweet tweet” for the bird. Anyway, after she zonked we drove to a town called Grecia to just look around and then headed back to San Ramon and stopped at her fave cafe (Cafe Delicias) for a “sticky treat” that she absolutely loves. Fun for her, not so fun for the sticky mess mommy always has to clean up-lol. Some pics from the day are below :).

Eating breakfast at Villa Blanca

Playing on the pool table

Just the girls

Some pool table Yoga

Goodnight Irene

traffic here is much diff than Chicago...moooo (ps- note the top of our Costa Rican flag on our windshield- fml)

Sticky treat!

Yes mommy has to clean the goo from each almond sliver that falls off this sticky treat and onto the car seat, sosi's clothes, her hair, her hands...everything! Why can't my daughter like something normal like a cookie?